Garter.



J. C. ROGERS.

GARTER- "AP PLICATION FILED FEB. 16, I917.

1925mm Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

A TTOR/VEVS erarns rarnnr orrrca JAMES GOLVIN ROGERS, OF BIRMINGHAIVI, ALABAMA.

GARTER.

Original application filed January 25, 1916, Serial No. 741,248. Divided and this v i 16,1917. Serial No. 148,971.

To all whom it may concern: a

Belit known that 1, JAMES C. ROGERS, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and improved Garter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, this being a division of the application Serial No. 74,2 16, filed by me on January 25, 1916.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved garter which is simple and durable in construction, arranged to permit the user to conveniently place the garter in position on the leg and attach it to the hose or stocking, and to draw the leg band taut around the calf of the wearers leg by the downward pull exerted by the hose or stocking.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a leg band provided at its ends with pulleys and a cord attached at one end to one end of the legband and extend ing around the pulley at the other end of the leg band, then returning and engaging the pulley on the end of the leg band to which the cord is attached and then extend ing downwardly to support a gripping de yice for engagement with the hose or stock in i practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the garter as applied;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 38 of Fig. 1.

The leg band 10 is preferably of a nonelastic material and is provided at one end with an adjusting buckle 11 for lengthening and shortening the leg band 10 to suit the size of the calf of the leg of the wearer. The loop 12 at this end of the leg band 10 engages a slot 13 formed in a metallic plate 1-1 provided with a return bend 15 to form a housing for a pulley 16 around which passes a cord 17 attached at one end by suitable fastening devices 18 to the other end of the leg band 10 and which other end is provided with an angular terminal 19 extending downwardly, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. The cord 17 after leaving the pulley Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan... 15, 1918..

application filed February turn bend 23 similar to the return bend 15 to overlie the pulley 20 and to allow of readily passing the cord 17 over the return bend into engagement with the pulley 20. The free end of the cord 17 extends clownwardly and is provided with a suitable gripping device 2% adapted to engage the hose or stocking 25 to be supported by the garter. It will be noticed that when the garter is in use the stocking 25 exerts a downward pull by the gripping device 24 on the cord 17 and as the latter passes around the pulleys 20 and 16, it is evident that a. pull is exerted on the ends of the leg band 10 to draw the latter tight around the calf of the wearers leg. It is understood that in using the garter the cord 17 is passed over the pulleys 16 and 20 to close the garter around the wearors leg, and the gripping device 24: is engaged with the hose or stocking. When it is desired to disconnect the leg band 10 from the wearers leg the cord 17 is slipped out of engagement with the pulley 16 to open the garter. From the foregoing it will be seen that any tendency of the hose or stocking 25 to slide down on the wearers leg causes a pull on the cord 17 to draw the leg band 10 tight on the wearers leg and consequently the garter is not liable to slip down on the leg whenever there is a clownward tendency of the hose or stocking. By the arrangement described, the garter readily adjusts itself to the action of the muscles of the leg especially while the leg is in motion. The leg band 10 may be made of silk, cotton, leather or other suitable material, but is preferably made of some material which can be rendered non-absorbent. The plate 14 is preferably covered at the back with a suitable fabric material 26 to prevent the metallic plate from coming in direct contact with the skin on the wearers leg.

It is understood that the pulleys 16 and 20 form guiding means for the cord 17 to slide in freely without undue friction and chafing. By locating the pulley 20 on the angular terminal 19 of the leg band 10, the two horizontal runs of the cord 17 are kept spaced apart and parallel to insure a straight horizontal pull on the end of the leg band 10.

Having thus described my invention, I clalm as new and deslre to secure by Letters Patent A garter consisting of a leg band, having one end terminating in a downwardly ex;

tending angular portion, a plate secured to the outer face of the downwardly extending terminal of the leg band, a pulley mounted on the plate, a second plate With Which'the Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for the outer face of the second plate, and a cord having one end permanently and fixedly secured to the leg band adjacent its downwardly extending terminal and above the plate carried by said terminal, said cord being adapted to pass around the pulleys and provided at its free end with a gripping device for engaging a I hose,- whereby a straight horizontal pull will be exerted on the leg band and there will be no metallic contact with the leg of the wearer.

JAMES COLVIN ROGERS.

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Washington, D. G. 

